> And then we have the even weightier problem of HIStory. All of which tends to> support Michelle's suggestion, if I remember her post correctly, that there> might be more meaningful or more important aspects of gender and race to> examine than merely the linguistic. (Not that I'm suggesting we stop; this is> obviously a lot more fun.)

Correction: I most certainly did NOT suggest that the linguistic aspects
of gender and race issues are less meaningful/important than other
aspects. In fact, I believe that they are very important. What I wrote
was that there are IMHO more meaningful and important matters to discuss
re: race and gender issues than "which is worse, racism or sexism."